Home schooling scandal in Pennsylvania
Filed in archive Articles of note... by mstandaert on January 04, 2005
From E-school News.
A virtual school controversy in Pennsylvania that centers on the definition
of "residency" points to an area of concern that cyber schools in other states might one day have to grapple with, too.
The dispute involves more than $100,000 in tuition that taxpayers in a suburban Pittsburgh school district paid for U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum's children to be educated via computer at their Virginia home--revealing a basic flaw in Pennsylvania's 2002 cyber-school law.
More on this story at The Washington Times.
A virtual school controversy in Pennsylvania that centers on the definition
of "residency" points to an area of concern that cyber schools in other states might one day have to grapple with, too. The dispute involves more than $100,000 in tuition that taxpayers in a suburban Pittsburgh school district paid for U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum's children to be educated via computer at their Virginia home--revealing a basic flaw in Pennsylvania's 2002 cyber-school law.
More on this story at The Washington Times.
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